Chag HaBanot 1657 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 5418

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5418 began on and ended on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 1654 30 Kislev 5415
Chag HaBanot 1655 1 Tevet 5416
Chag HaBanot 1656 30 Kislev 5417
Chag HaBanot 1657 30 Kislev 5418
Chag HaBanot 1658 30 Kislev 5419
Chag HaBanot 1659 30 Kislev 5420
Chag HaBanot 1660 1 Tevet 5421
Chag HaBanot 1661 30 Kislev 5422

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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